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Chandragupt

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Fulcrum007 said:
N-LCA performs launch and recovery from INS Vikrant. First historic time of an indigenous aircraft from an indigenous aircraft carrier for India.
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Wow
if they develop a fighter jet as small as Tejas to operate from an aircraft carrier it would be cool because it's light weight and requires very less space for storage an aircraft carrier would be able to store higher number of this fighter jet in a small space
 
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Tejas LCA is not a deck based fighter , it was not meant to operate from aircraft carriers yet it can takeoff and land from an aircraft carrier , it shows how well designed this aircraft is
 
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Chandragupt said:
Tejas LCA is not a deck based fighter , it was not meant to operate from aircraft carriers yet it can takeoff and land from an aircraft carrier , it shows how well designed this aircraft is
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Well ... you seem to confuse something! This is the dedicated LCA-N, the regular Tejas cannot launch and surely not recover from a carrier
 
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Deino said:
Well ... you seem to confuse something! This is the dedicated LCA-N, the regular Tejas cannot launch and surely not recover from a carrier
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It’s a modified Twin seater LCA (N-LCA) , The airframe is same with minor modifications engine is also the same , because of the small combat radius and single engine configuration Indian Navy may not prefer it but it performs better than Mig29K , has higher availability rate and requires less maintenance
 
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Abominable said:
Taking off in clean configuration isn't really saying much. Lets see one take off with a combat payload.

Still, an impressive achievement for India.
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it also proves that Tejas has a thrust to weight ratio of a Deck Based Fighter , Don’t forget that it’s a single engine light combat aircraft
Rafale M , Mig29K and FA18 are twin engine deck based fighter jets
 
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Chandragupt said:
it also proves that Tejas has a thrust to weight ratio of a Deck Based Fighter , Don’t forget that it’s a single engine light combat aircraft
Rafale M , Mig29K and FA18 are twin engine deck based fighter jets
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It doesn't prove that at all. Fuel and payload adds significant weight to a plane, that LCA is clearly not carrying anything.

Most are twin engined for good reason. The only in service naval single engined jet that can take off from a carrier is the F-35B, and even that looks slow and scary to watch when taking off.
 
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